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Cul-de-Lampe: Dedication Page for J.B. Oudry's Edition of La Fontaine's "Fables"

c. 1755-1759

Jean Michel Papillon I

Artist, French, 1698 - 1776

Medium

carved wood block
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession

1958.8.191

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Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q63570868

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